Have you ever heard of the law of diminishing returns? I heard about it back in my Introduction to Economics class in college. In simple terms, it means that the incremental output/benefit you get from an incremental increase in the amount of input/work tapers off over time (holding all other variables constant). For example, imagine
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“I shouldn’t have spent so much money on this.” “Why did I ever pick this? It’s not my color.” “I shouldn’t have signed up for this class. It’s too time consuming.” “I thought she would like it but she never plays with it.” “This looked good in the store, but it is way too
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Recently, a group of organizing and productivity professionals formed a book club to discuss the “hot organizing books” our clients are reading. We decided to start with The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margaret Magnusson. This little book, released in early 2018, garnered a fair amount of attention, perhaps initially because of the
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Recycling has been on the rise across the country. As consumers, we have learned a lot about what and how to recycle. At the same time, technologies and methods are constantly evolving, so there is always more to learn. At a recent meeting of the Connecticut Chapter of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing
As much as I love de-cluttering, I have to admit that sorting through stacks of paper can be daunting. There are a couple of valid reasons why we might put off dealing with accumulated paper: Paper is relatively small, so it can be piled up for a long time before it interferes with the use
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